Woman dies at ferry crossing in Cornwall after her car rolls into the river

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A woman and her two dogs died last night after a car plunged into the water at
a ferry crossing in Cornwall.

The woman, 76, was sitting in the passenger seat of a red car waiting to use
the King Harry ferry crossing near Truro when it rolled into the River Fal.

Her husband, the driver, was not in the vehicle as it began to move towards
the water; local reports indicated that he got out of the car to take a
photograph of the picturesque river. The crossing, which has been in
operation since 1888, was recently named as